Competitive Landscape

While current networks have built strong brands and adoption in niche areas, their reliance on volatile tokens remains a structural limitation. Astralis differentiates by offering a stablecoin-native model.

Feature / Metric
Astralis (Proposed)
Render
Akash
Bittensor

Compute Pricing Denomination

USDT (gas-free via Plasma)

RNDR

AKT

TAO

Gas / Fee Abstraction

Gas-free via USDT paymaster

No

No

No

Provider Revenue Stability

Stable (USDT)

Volatile (RNDR)

Volatile (AKT)

Volatile (TAO)

User Experience

One-token flow (USDT only)

Dual-token (stablecoin → RNDR)

Dual-token (stablecoin → AKT)

Complex native token model

Risk / Exposure

Minimal token volatility

High exposure to RNDR price

Limited liquidity

Governance and scaling complexity

Astralis transforms Plasma’s gas-free USDT rails into the world’s first stablecoin-native compute market. Unlike existing GPU networks that force users into volatile tokens, Astralis prices, escrows, and settles every GPU cycle directly in USDT. Rollup teams, AI developers, and traders gain predictable costs; GPU providers gain stable revenue.

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